Shaykh al-'Aydarus, 'the second 'Aydarus' of Tarim

Shaykh, knower of God, Shaykh ibn Abd Allah ibn Shaykh ibn Abd Allah al-Aydarus al-Yamani al-Shafi'i. He was born in 919 AH in Tarim in Yemen, and became the shaykh of his age by the agreement of the knowers of God of his time. God inspired his family to call him shaykh, and he was the scholar of his time and the shaykh of the path in reality and in name. Shaykh Abu Bakr Ba'Alawi said: no one from the Ba'Alawi family, first or last, was given the like of him. ².

He often performed four umrahs in Ramadan, four at night and four by day. Among those who took knowledge from him were Ibn Hajar al-Haytami and Abd Allah Baqshir al-Hadrami. ¹.

His works include al-Aqd al-Nabawi, al-Sirr al-Mustafawi, al-Fawz wal-Bushra, two commentaries on his poem called Tuhfat al-Murid, two works on the Prophet ﷺ's birth, a work on the Mi'raj, al-Hizb al-Nafis, Nafahat al-Hikam on the Lamiyya of the Ajam, and a collection of poetry. He entered India in 958 AH and remained there until he died in Ahmadabad on the night of Saturday, the twenty-sixth of Ramadan. ³.